algolalia n.

given to painfully boring conversation; dimwitted speech

Suffering the usual bout of algolalia, the Prime Minister put himself, Neil Mitchell and several thousand listeners to sleep.

Harold Hark

barkers adj.

barking mad; insane.

"Starkers" means stark-naked, while "bonkers" is too close to "bonk." Barkers is how you feel every time you turn on the radio and there's Tony Abbott again.

Harold Hark

entheomania n.

an abnormal state in which one thinks one is inspired.

Several readers have diagnosed Harold Hark as a barking entheomaniac.

Mrs. Byrne

fissilingual adj.

having a forked tongue

John Howard's fissilingual "for all of us" slid down the throats of 39,00 Aston voters with the greatest of ease.

Mrs. Byrne

horck v.

To vomit, spew, chunder, etc.

Half of Australia will be horcking on election night.

Harold Hark

indicatoris n.

a small component of the female anatomy known only to gynaecologists andBettina Arndt.

Female conservatives have the natal item surgically replaced with an indicatoris which sounds an alarm when genetically unsuitable bipeds draw near.

Melissa Bowles

kakistocracy n.

government formed by the worst citizens.

John Howard's Kakistocracy is a prime example of scum at the top.

Mrs. Byrne

macrophobia n.

fear of long waits

Acute macrophobia sets in every time Net surfers hit the enter button.

Mrs. Byrne

modoc n.

someone who joins the Air Force for favorable publicity.

Will John Howard urge his son to join up, even further enhancing his re-election prospects?

Mrs. Byrne

parapluigic n.

one who is paralyzed out of doors without an umbrella.

Monsoonal folk become parapluigics early in life.

Harold Hark

parvanimity n.

1. pettiness; meanness. 2. a mean or petty person. opposite of magnanimity.

Australia has become a land of parvanimous squidgereens.

Mrs. Byrne

ramfeezled adj.

worn out, exhausted

After his discharge from hospital, Harold Hark spent a week in ramfeezled disarray from recurring nightmares of his Phad Thai experience.

Mrs. Byrne

spasmatomancy n.

fortunetelling by observing a twitching body.

The Chief Economist for Rip, Hack and Slash Investors Pty. Ltd., has determined either an upsurge or a downturn in the economy after observing several market analysts succumbing to St Vitus Dance.

Mrs. Byrne

squidgereen n.

a short, insignificant person

John Howard is a born squidgereen

Mrs. Byrne

swartwouter n.

an embezzler who flees

As a young girl, Pixie Skase never dreamed she would one day be married to a swartwouter.

Mrs. Byrne